{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/schedule-4A/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/schedule-4A/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/16",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/4A/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The inspectors of constabulary shall co-operate with—\n(a) Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons,\n(b) Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of the Crown Prosecution Service,\n(c) Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation for England and Wales,\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills,\n(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(g) the Care Quality Commission,\n(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(i) the Auditor General for Wales, and\n(j) any other public authority specified by an order made by the Secretary of State,\nwhere it is appropriate to do so for the efficient and effective discharge of the functions of the inspectors of constabulary.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4A inserted (1.4.2007) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 29(2), 53(1); S.I. 2007/709, art. 3(m) (with art. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4A para. 4(c) substituted (1.4.2008) by The Offender Management Act 2007 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/912), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 26(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 4A para. 4(d) repealed (18.9.2012) by The Public Bodies (Abolition of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Courts Administration and the Public Guardian Board) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2401), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 5(b) (with art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 4A para. 4(f) repealed (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 5 para. 63(4)(a), Sch. 15 Pt. 1; S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 paras. 35(x), 36"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 4A para. 4(g) substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 5 para. 63(4)(b); S.I. 2009/462, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 35(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 4A para. 4(h) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2), s. 49(1), Sch. 12 para. 31(4); S.I. 2015/841, art. 3(x)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 4A para. 4 applied (10.12.2012) by The Customs (Inspections by Her Majestys Inspectors of Constabulary and the Scottish Inspectors) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2840), regs. 1, 11(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/16/schedule/4A/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:17.766939+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}